Probiotic recommendation?

Hi,

I also have chronic pouchitis & cdiff. I’m allergic to flagyl & cipro.
I’ve been trying to find a probiotic that would help with the pouchitis, I’ve done the over-the-counter ones to no avail and spent way too much money trying them.

So decided to try VSL#3, I purchased it on Amazon during the prime day sale and got it for a much cheaper. And I must say it’s the best that I’ve tried. I only take 1/2 for right now, shake it on food, hoping it will continue to work long-term which will help the pouchitis and I can get off my steroid.

i hope you find one that works for you.

The probiotic that is supposed to help prevent C-diff is Florastor (or other S. Boulardi formulations). That’s a yeast strain, very different from bacterial probiotics. The study you read about “VSL #3” was actually studying the product now called Visbiome. The product formula had separate ownership from the product name, and they had a little tiff. Nevertheless, they are indeed very similar. I use Visbiome now. It’s expensive, but you might want to compare prices per CFU - lots of probiotics have lower prices because they include less active ingredient, and some of them don’t even reveal how much.

Hi, for C-Dif prevention, nothing beats saccharomyces boulardii. It is ridiculously effective.  I kept getting C-Dif  every time I was on antibiotics...until I started taking S. Boulardii during, and a couple months after, antibiotics. My GI doc now has every patient take it with their antibiotics and he has been very impressed with what he claims is a 80-90% reduction in C-Dif cases in his patients.

https://www.saccharomycesboula...%20therapy%20for%20C.

Thank you so much for your replies! For RenReeves: What is the dosage of S. Boulardii that your doctor recommends? I'm going to get some Florastor and start it ASAP. Thanks again!